Beacoup joie de vivre means "the healthy enjoyment of life." With the loss of my dear father last January, the past year was difficult. I hope that creating this blog will help me in my quest to work a little less, enjoy life more, and treasure the truly important things.
You made it one year. Have you made a scrapbook on your dad? I did that for my late husband and it was very theraputic.
ReplyDeleteI've done several scrapbooks for my parents but not one specifically on my dad. That's a great idea and thank you for that. I made a scrapbook calendar for my mom this Christmas. There are 12 grandchildren so I highlighted a grandchild each month.
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ReplyDeleteThe retired English teacher that I am makes me want to keep correcting. Hence I removed the two comments above.
ReplyDeleteI have made one of those family photo calendars also.
Life is so short we realize when we lose a loved one. That is why I am cherishing the time with my current husband. See my blogs.
Here is part of the scrapbook poem I wrote for my late husband who died the day after Christmas in 1992.
"I didn't get to say good-bye to you
Because I didn't know you were going. . .
You always responded to us
The silence hangs now. . .
We all have to say good-bye
Treasure the memories
Uncork the tears
But we didn't get to say good-bye. . .
In heaven I will say hello again
And then, maybe, it won't matter
That I didn't get to say good-bye."
I realize now that my scrapbook did help me say good-bye and that I have a new life now with new adventures.
Also, I had the privilege of speaking about my Dad before he died. The tape of that speech was played at his funeral, but he got to hear it while he lived.